I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false （每小题1分，共10分）
1. The most important mode of vocabulary development in present - day English is creation of new words by means of word formation.
2. Old English vocabulary was in essence Germanic with a small quantity of words borrowed from Latin and Scandinavian.
3. Middle English absorbed a tremendous number of foreign words but with little change in word endings.
4. Compounds are words formed by combining affixes and stem.
5. Conversion refers to the use of words of one class as that of a different class.
6. Motivation explains why a particular form has a particular meaning.
7. Grammatical meaning refers to the part of speech tenses of verbs and stylistic features of words.
8. Unlike conceptual meaning， associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.
9. Affective meaning refers to the part of the word - meaning which indicates the attitude of the user.
10. Collocation can affect the meaning of words.
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